fábula

See also: fabula, fabuła, fabulă, fabulá, fabúla, and fabułą

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fābula. Doublet of the inherited fala.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.bu.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.bu.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.bu.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.bu.lɐ/ [ˈfa.βu.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -abulɐ
• Hyphenation: fá‧bu‧la

Noun

fábula f (plural fábulas)

1. fable, myth

   Synonym: mito

Related terms

• confabular
• fabulador
• fabular
• fabulário
• fabulista
• fabulizar
• fabuloso

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fābula. Doublet of the inherited habla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfabula/ [ˈfa.β̞u.la]
• Rhymes: -abula
• Syllabification: fá‧bu‧la

Noun

fábula f (plural fábulas)

1. fable, myth, tale

   Synonyms: mito, cuento

2. rumor

   Synonym: rumor

3. (Costa Rica) animated cartoon

   Synonyms: dibujo animado, (Venezuela) comiquita

Derived terms

• de fábula
• fábula milesia
• fabulista

 

Related terms

• fabular
• fabuloso

 

Further reading

• “fábula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “fábula” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010